KELOWNA - If you want proof of a building boom in Kelowna, look no further than the city’s planning department, where staff last year handled the largest number of development applications since 2007, right before the Great Recession.

OPINION A few weeks ago I wrote about America’s Mid-Term Elections…admitting that the results were pretty much up in the air. After all, there’s been lots of tricks…gerrymandering, voter suppression, atte